print
- Museum number
- 1855,0609.422
- Title
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Object: L'invention de la vraie croix
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Series: Galerie du Palais Royal
- Description
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The invention of the True Cross: coastal scene with in the foreground shore St Helena and other figures gathered before a hole in the ground; on the right, a fortified city; on the left, ships at sea; with engraved text below. c.1786/1807
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1786-1807 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 415 millimetres
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Width: 287 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From 'Galerie du Palais Royal', a set published between 1786 and 1808; see 1837,0408.317 for comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1855,0609.422